More than 500 claims filed against NW Jesuits

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/06/AR2009120601957.html?hpid=sec-religion
The Associated Press 12/6/09 SPOKANE, Wash. - More than 500 people in
the Northwest filed claims against the Oregon Province of the Society
of Jesus in advance of a November deadline, alleging members of the
Catholic order sexually abused them as children. The Spokesman-Review
in Spokane reports the claims against the Jesuits span decades and
range from Native Alaskan children to students at Spokane's Gonzaga
Preparatory School. A federal judge overseeing the Chapter 11
reorganization of the province set a Nov. 30 deadline for people to
file the claims. The organization includes Jesuits in Oregon,
Washington, Idaho, Montana and Alaska. The Jesuits already have
settled 200 additional sex-abuse claims.
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